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AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 8 GB

AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 8 GB

AMD Radeon HD 6850

AMD Radeon HD 6850

Performance Comparison

AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 8 GB

1178%
1178%

AMD Radeon HD 6850

9%
9%
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 8 GB is approximately 1169% faster

Technical Specifications

SpecificationAMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 8 GBAMD Radeon HD 6850
Graphics ProcessorDifferent
Navi 44
Barts
CoresDifferent
2048
960
TMUsDifferent
128
48
ROPsDifferent
64
32
Memory SizeDifferent
8 GB
1024 MB
Memory TypeDifferent
GDDR6
GDDR5
Bus WidthDifferent
128 bit
256 bit

Graphics Processor

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 8 GBAMD Radeon HD 6850
GPU NameDifferent
Navi 44
Barts
CodenameDifferent
Strix Point
N/A
GPU VariantDifferent
Navi 44 XT(215-176400102)
Barts PRO(215-0798006)
ArchitectureDifferent
RDNA 4.0
TeraScale 2
Foundry
TSMC
TSMC
Process TypeDifferent
N4P FinFET
N/A
Process SizeDifferent
4 nm
40 nm
TransistorsDifferent
29,700 million
1,700 million
DensityDifferent
149.2M / mm²
6.7M / mm²
Die SizeDifferent
199 mm²
255 mm²
Chip PackageDifferent
Monolithic
HFCBGA-1737

Graphics Card

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 8 GBAMD Radeon HD 6850
Release DateDifferent
Jun 4th, 2025
Oct 21st, 2010
AnnouncedDifferent
May 21st, 2025
N/A
GenerationDifferent
Navi IV(RX 9000)
Northern Islands(HD 6800)
PredecessorDifferent
Navi III
Evergreen
ProductionDifferent
Active
End-of-life
Launch PriceDifferent
299 USD
179 USD
Bus InterfaceDifferent
PCIe 5.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
ReviewsDifferent
30 in our database
105 in our database
SuccessorDifferent
N/A
Southern Islands

Clock Speeds

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 8 GBAMD Radeon HD 6850
Base ClockDifferent
1700 MHz
N/A
Game ClockDifferent
2530 MHz
N/A
Boost ClockDifferent
3130 MHz
N/A
Memory ClockDifferent
2518 MHz20.1 Gbps effective
1000 MHz4 Gbps effective
GPU ClockDifferent
N/A
775 MHz

Memory

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 8 GBAMD Radeon HD 6850
Memory SizeDifferent
8 GB
1024 MB
Memory TypeDifferent
GDDR6
GDDR5
Memory BusDifferent
128 bit
256 bit
BandwidthDifferent
322.3 GB/s
128.0 GB/s

Render Config

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 8 GBAMD Radeon HD 6850
Shading UnitsDifferent
2048
960
TMUsDifferent
128
48
ROPsDifferent
64
32
Compute UnitsDifferent
32
12
Matrix CoresDifferent
64
N/A
RT CoresDifferent
32
N/A
L0 CacheDifferent
32 KB per WGP
N/A
L2 CacheDifferent
4 MB
512 KB
L3 CacheDifferent
32 MB
N/A
L1 CacheDifferent
N/A
8 KB (per CU)

Theoretical Performance

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 8 GBAMD Radeon HD 6850
Pixel RateDifferent
200.3 GPixel/s
24.80 GPixel/s
Texture RateDifferent
400.6 GTexel/s
37.20 GTexel/s
FP16 (half)Different
51.28 TFLOPS (2:1)
N/A
FP32 (float)Different
25.64 TFLOPS
1,488.0 GFLOPS
FP64 (double)Different
801.3 GFLOPS (1:32)
N/A

Board Design

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 8 GBAMD Radeon HD 6850
Slot Width
Dual-slot
Dual-slot
TDPDifferent
150 W
127 W
Suggested PSUDifferent
450 W
300 W
OutputsDifferent
1x HDMI 2.1b2x DisplayPort 2.1a
2x DVI1x HDMI 1.3a2x mini-DisplayPort 1.1
Power ConnectorsDifferent
1x 8-pin
1x 6-pin
LengthDifferent
N/A
198 mm7.8 inches
Board NumberDifferent
N/A
109-C22301-00B

Graphics Features

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 8 GBAMD Radeon HD 6850
DirectXDifferent
12 Ultimate (12_2)
11.2 (11_0)
OpenGLDifferent
4.6
4.4
OpenCLDifferent
2.2
1.2
VulkanDifferent
1.3
N/A
Shader ModelDifferent
6.8
5.0

Comparison Summary

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Radeon RX 7700 XT Performance109%

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Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GB Performance106%

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GeForce GTX 470 Performance116%

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AMD Radeon HD 6850 vs GeForce GTX 650 Ti

GeForce GTX 650 Ti Performance111%

GeForce GTX 650 Ti is 11% faster than AMD Radeon HD 6850

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Radeon HD 5850 Performance109%

Radeon HD 5850 is 9% faster than AMD Radeon HD 6850

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AMD Radeon HD 6850 vs GeForce GTX 285

GeForce GTX 285 Performance102%

GeForce GTX 285 is 2% faster than AMD Radeon HD 6850

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AMD Radeon HD 6850 vs Radeon HD 6850

Radeon HD 6850 Performance100%

Radeon HD 6850 is 0% slower than AMD Radeon HD 6850

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AMD Radeon HD 6850 vs GeForce GTX 280

GeForce GTX 280 Performance94%

GeForce GTX 280 is 6% slower than AMD Radeon HD 6850

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